Month: January 2023
BP makes an order for EV charging stations from US-based Tritium
BP Pulse branded charging stations built by Tritium. | Image: Tritium BP Pulse, the EV branch of oil and gas conglomerate BP, placed a new order for DC fast chargers from electric vehicle power supply maker Tritium. The companies have not specified how many chargers are in the new order, but Tritium calls it its … Read more
Samsung Display shows off a new folding phone hinge that can rotate 360 degrees
Samsung Display prototype. | Image: Samsung Display Samsung has a new prototype display that could send its folding phones in a new direction: 360 degrees. Samsung Display, the subsidiary that makes the company’s screens, showed off the new prototype display and hinge at CES 2023. The “Flex In & Out” display can rotate 360 degrees, … Read more
Paxos Courts MakerDAO With Paying Yield for Holding Up to $1.5B USDP Stablecoin
The proposal by Paxos is part of MakerDAO’s effort to generate income on its $7 billion digital asset reserve.
Twitter officially bans third-party clients after cutting off prominent devs
After cutting off prominent app makers like Tweetbot and Twitterific, Twitter today quietly updated its developer terms to ban third-party clients altogether. Spotted by Engadget, the “restrictions” section of Twitter’s 5,000-some-word developer agreement was updated with a clause prohibiting “use or access the Licensed Materials to create or attempt to create a substitute or similar … Read more
Daily Crunch: Amazon cancels charitable donation initiative so it can focus on ‘programs with greater impact’
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Thursday! This week has just flown by, and we’re still reeling from the excitement that a company is leaning into compliments. Compliments? In this day and age? Is there actually hope for … Read more
Opinion: Bots are a critical tool for retail investors
Bots help remove emotions from trading. Functions like these make them even more valuable for neophyte traders than for experts.
World Economic Forum Wraps Up Davos 2023 With Sparks
The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting wrapped up with a fiery panel on the role of regulators in crypto, plus more from Davos, Switzerland.
Tech Veteran-Backed Web3 Social Platform Plai Labs Raises $32M in Seed Round
The company, founded by former executives of gaming company Jam City and social platform Myspace, aims to combine Web3 and AI to create a unique digital social experience.
Nexo agrees to $45M settlement with SEC and NASAA over earn product
The crypto lender didn’t categorically admit or deny the findings from the SEC’s investigation despite agreeing to the settlement.
T-Mobile says hacker accessed personal data of 37 million customers
In a financial filing on Thursday, T-Mobile revealed that a hacker accessed a trove of personal data belonging to 37 million customers. The telecom giant said that the “bad actor” started stealing the data, which includes “name, billing address, email, phone number, date of birth, T-Mobile account number and information such as the number of … Read more
Copilot lands $10M to help service businesses build digital customer experiences
Copilot, a platform aimed at helping companies including marketing agencies, accounting firms and law firms run and grow their businesses, today announced that it raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by YC Continuity and Lachy Groom at a $100 million post-money valuation. Co-founder and CEO Marlon Misra said that the funds … Read more
Crypto Lender Nexo to Pay $45M, Cease Offering EIP in Settlement With SEC
Nexo began offering its Earn Interest Product to U.S. customers in June 2020.
FTX-linked Moonstone bank to exit the crypto space
Following the collapse of FTX, the company has decided to rebrand and exit the crypto space.
Twitter officially bans third-party clients with new developer rules
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter has updated its developer rules to ban third-party clients, almost a week after it unceremoniously blocked the apps’ access to its platform, offering almost no explanation to what was going on (via Engadget). The new rules state that you can’t use Twitter’s API or content to “create … Read more
Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Rides Over $21K, FTX’s Possible Revival
Bitcoin rose 1.5% to trade at $21,100 after dipping earlier on Thursday. Ether was also trading up 0.6% to $1,550. Equities closed down.
Dungeons & Dragons’ publisher will put the game under a Creative Commons license
It looks like Dungeons & Dragons just succeeded on a death-saving throw. After weeks of backlash and protests from fans and content creators, Wizards of the Coast — the Hasbro-owned publisher of Dungeons & Dragons — announced that it will now license the tabletop role-playing game’s core mechanics under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International … Read more
New Hampshire gov releases report on blockchain following executive order
According to the commission, New Hampshire should work towards building a legal framework “for sound development of blockchain technologies and its applications.”
Bitcoin Holds Steady Near $21K Even as Equities Slide
Bitcoin was hovering near $21,100 Thursday in afternoon trading. Genesis’ looming bankruptcy filing and the crypto industry’s other recent travails should be priced in, one analyst said.
BIS proposes research model to study DeFi’s integration with TradFi and its risks
Bank for International Settlements researchers admired DeFi’s “competitive financial engineering” and made some highly technical aspects of DeFi somewhat more accessible.
Apple releases Lisa source code
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